Not since the preseason have the Wild had a practice as crowded as the session they held Friday at Tria Rink in St. Paul. “Felt nice,” alternate captain Marcus Foligno said. “Got a bit of a break.” ...

After L'Heureux slew-footed Jared Spurgeon, sidelining the Wild captain, payback was expected in the rematch — and it came early.

"It's fun to be playing those situations when it's on the line," Jonas Brodin said. "That's what you dream about when you're a kid." ...

This isn’t the first time the Wild have been decimated by injuries. Remember when Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek and Mats ...